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  • And the Bridge Is Love

  • A Novel
  • By: David Biro
  • Narrated by: Joyce Bean
  • Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (44 ratings)

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And the Bridge Is Love

By: David Biro
Narrated by: Joyce Bean
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Publisher's summary

Three friends, two secrets, one love - and the journey of a lifetime.

Every week for twenty years, three friends meet in a leafy enclosure under the Verrazzano Bridge: Gertie, a feisty Norwegian divorcée and former athlete; Maria, a family-obsessed Italian American widow; and Corinna, a book-loving, hash-smoking eccentric. Together they sit and watch the sea as the ships - and the last years of their lives - sail by. On the eve of Gertie’s eightieth birthday, they realize that time is running out. Gertie decides she wants to travel the world. Maria secretly plots to reunite Gertie and Corinna with their estranged families. And Corinna falls in love.

As the three women strike out in different directions, a series of events unfolds that threatens to destroy the most precious thing of all: their friendship. Heartfelt and humorous, And the Bridge Is Love invites listeners to travel alongside these dynamic women in this inspiring novel about love, family, and forgiveness.

©2021 by David Biro. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. The Epigraph, “There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning,” is reprinted from THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder. © 1927 by The Wilder Family LLC. Reprinted by arrangement with The Wilder Family LLC and The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc. All rights reserved.
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“I loved David Biro’s emotional and moving novel, And The Bridge Is Love, which is the heartfelt story of three older women—Gertie, Maria, and Corinna—who have been friends for decades. But when one of them learns a long-hidden secret, everything changes. This novel resonates with friendship, love, and the power of forgiveness. If you haven’t read Biro before, start now!”—Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author

“An unhurried evaluation of the importance of companionship and friendship at any age.”Kirkus Reviews

“David Biro’s And The Bridge Is Love is a love story. A love story of three Brooklyn women—each with her own disappointments and dreams—who cleave to one another as the decades pass by and ultimately give each other the strength to take one last shot at life. Filled with love and hope, this book is for anyone who has ever had an enduring friendship—and anyone who dares to believe that the next best thing is just around the corner.”—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone

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Friendship and the Bridge beyond Love

Saving a Life leads to a Deep and Amazing link between new found friends. the depths of discussion of What is, what for, and what will be.
taking freundship beyond the Bridge and into an afternoon of Wonder to be shared over decades.

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So so bored

So much stereotyping. So not interested I the lives of the characters. So disliked the narrator. Made it through 9 chapters. Cannot waste more time on this.

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Awful

I'm sorry, I don't like to tank people's creative endeavors but this book stinks. Not a fan of the narrator either but at the end of the day, it's a beyond boring story.

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